The Stockton Kings granted the Charlotte Hornets permission to interview Lindsey Harding for their vacant head coach position. Harding is an outstanding candidate after leading the Kings to a 24-10 regular season and first place in the conference during her first season as head coach.
After her impressive rookie coaching campaign, Harding received the 2024 NBA G League Coach of the Year honors voted by her fellow head coaches and league general managers.
The Kings lost 114-107 to the Oklahoma City Blue in the Western Conference Finals on Apr. 7.
If the Charlotte Hornets decide to bring Lindsey Harding on board, she will make history as the first woman and black female head coach in the National Basketball League.
Harding, 39, was recruited to Duke University after a highly successful high school career with Cy-Fair High School in the greater Houston area. After four years with the Blue Devils, the Phoenix Mercury selected her as the first overall draft pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft.
Her professional playing career spanned from 2007 to 2017 in the WNBA and Europe. Harding officially hung up her basketball shoes after nine seasons and six teams in the league. She averaged 9.8 points, 4.0 assists, and 2.9 rebounds in 270 games during her WNBA career.
The retired veteran accepted the head coach position with the South Sudanese Women’s national basketball team in 2021. Harding was named the head coach for Mexico’s national women’s basketball squad the following year. On June 20, 2023, the Stockton Kings named her the team’s new head coach.
